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Manners of Hospitality
the house of so-and-so. Allah Almighty smiled upon seeing those people (meaning, He became very pleased).” Regarding this event, this verse of Surah al-Ḥashr was revealed:[1]
وَ یُؤْثِرُوْنَ عَلٰۤى اَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ لَوْ كَانَ بِهِمْ خَصَاصَةٌ ﳴ وَ مَنْ یُّوْقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهٖ فَاُولٰٓىٕكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُوْنَۚ(۹)
and they give preference over themselves even if they themselves are in need. And whosoever was saved from the greed of his soul, then it is they who are successful.[2]
سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه ! What beautiful hospitality. Sayyidunā Abū Ṭalḥa Anṣārī رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ put his own need aside, spent the night hungry, and fed the food that he himself was in need of to the guest. But look at he reward! What an amazing reward he received. The Beloved Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: “A strange thing happened in Abū Ṭalḥa’s house last night and Allah Almighty smiled upon seeing them.”
What is the meaning of “Allah Almighty smiling”? Only He knows best; His smiling is not like ours. He is the Lord, the Merciful, the Independent. The scholars state: The meaning of the Merciful Lord smiling is that Allah Almighty becomes very pleased with such a servant.[3] This means that Sayyidunā Abū Ṭalḥa Anṣārī رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ hosted the guest in a unique way, so Allah Almighty became very pleased with him.
Sayyidunā Anas رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ narrates that the Holy Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “Goodness and blessings rush to the house where a guest is staying faster than a stick falls from the hump of a camel—actually, even faster than that.”[4]
BOOK TOPIC
- Eid Comes After Ramadan
- “Manners of Hospitality”
- Eid is the Day of Forgiveness
- Greet with Eid Mubarak!
- The Eid of a Saint
- Manners of Hospitality
- Hospitality is a Demand of Faith
- Encouragement to Prepare Three Beds
- A Sign of a Good Person
- Allah Almighty Gives Good Character to whom He Wills
- Unique Hospitality, Amazing Reward
- Blessings Rush to the Home
- Angels Pray for One Year
- The Guest Becomes a Means of Forgiveness
- The Etiquettes of Hospitality
- How to Respect a Guest
- The Unique Hospitality of Sayyidunā Ibrāhīm عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام
- The First Etiquette: Show Hospitality to Everyone
- The Second Etiquette: Be Quick in Hosting
- Six Things in Which Speed is Necessary
- The Third Etiquette: Serve with your own hands
- Some Further Etiquettes of Hospitality
- An Essential Etiquette of Hospitality
- Must Perform Īṣāl al-Thawāb
- Lights will Enter the Grave
- A Brief Introduction to Imam al-Bukhārī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه
- Encouragement for the Six Fasts after Eid
